3 Arrested During Hartford Drug Raids

HARTFORD — Three people were arrested and more than 700 bags of heroin were seized during drug raids on two Hartford apartments Wednesday, police said.

Search warrants for apartments at 595 Garden St. and 112 Brook St. were executed simultaneously late Wednesday morning by Hartford's Vice and Narcotics Unit with the help of West Hartford's police Emergency Response Teams. The warrants were the result of an ongoing investigation into the sale of heroin, police said.

A resident of the Garden Street apartment, Rigoberto Mateo-Silva, 21, was charged with several drug offenses, including possession of narcotics with intent to distribute and operating a drug factory. He was also charged with risk of injury, police said. He was held with bail set at $50,000.

Dianiris LaBoy, 21, a resident of the Brook Street apartment, was charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to distribute and possession of narcotics with intent to distribute within 1,500 feet of a school, police said. Bail for LaBoy was set at $25,000.

Joshua Santos, 18, of Barbour Street, was charged with three drug offenses and interfering with officers, police said. He was held with bail set at $20,000.